Composition for use with raw linseed-oil for filling, smoothing, staining, and polishing wood.



GEORGE A. DENNIS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE- HUNIDBEDTHS TO MALOT'I & PETERSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A

CORPORATION.

oomrosrrrolv FOR USE WITH RAW LINSEED-OIL FOR FILLING, SMOOTHIN G, STAINING,

AND POLISHING WOOD.

Ho Drawing.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. DENNIS, a

citizen of the United States. residing v at Oakland, in the county of Alameda, State of California, have inventeda new and use a specification.

My composition consists of a mixture of manganese in the form of an oxid, or sulfate or oxalate, or borate, and talc, combined in the proportions stated, viz: talc, (creta galleum,) 9 parts; manganese oxid or manganese sulfate or manganese oxalate or manganese borate, 1 part. These ingredients are to be reduced to a dry powder and .thor-' oughly mingled by agitation.

In using the above-named composition the wood surface to be polished should first be made comparatively smooth and clean, then the raw linseed oil, which if desirous may contain a suitable drier, is applied bv means of a brush or saturated-cloth. After the I linseed oil has been partially absorbed by the wood, the above described composition is sprinkled sparsely over the oiled surface then rubbed into the pores and cracks till same are thoroughly filled. The effect of the linseed oil after coming in contact with the composition is to reduce it to the consistency of putty for the time being, which after allowing to set for the matter of a few hours, becomes as hard as the wood surface itself and remains permanently in this condition. Allthat now remains to be done in order to produce a highly polished surface, is to lightly go over the surface with very fine grain sand-paper and then rub off with a dry cloth or piece of carpet.

The effect produced by using the above named composition in the manner described,

- is to make a highly polished surface of the wood itself which is extremely hard and is not easily scratched-or marred. It differs from a polish as produced by a varnish or Specification of Letters Patent.

conditions of the weather.

Patented Jan. 18, 191 6.

Application filed August 31, 1914. Serial No. 859,293.

shellac, as the latter materials remain on the surface of the wood 0 1y, while my material permeates or sinli aboutone sixteenth of an inch. Moreover my polishing composition is both fresh and salt water proof; nor is it in any way affected by the sun-{making it adaptable for use in places which inust stand the varying Because of its easy manner of applying over large areas and the hard but not brittle surface resulting when finished, it is an extremely satisfactory and cheap material to use for polishing floors, linoleum, cement, magnasite, wainscoting and all other interior house finishing. If given two applications after the manner above described, and then thoroughly rubbed down it will produce a polish on furniture equal to that obtained by ordinary material, and methods only after five or six coats have been applied.

7 Any stain desired for the various kinds of wood is obtained by mixing the ordinary stainingpigment in the correct proportion, in the linseed oil previous to applying in the manner above described.

I amaware that various compositions have been used in conjunction with linseed oil for the same purpose, but I am not aware that the ingredients of my composition have been used together.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letf ters Patent of the United States, is

The herein described composition of matter, consisting of talc and manganese borate, substantially in the proportions described, to be used in conjunction with lin-' GEORGE A. DENNIS. Witnesses:

DAVE HmsTEL, RUTH N EUMANN.

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